The trial of a 34-year-old man facing federal charges involving a 13-year-old Hamilton girl has been delayed until summer.

Joseph Young Arpin, 34, of San Jacinto, Calif., was originally scheduled for trial Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids on charges of enticement and attempted enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor.

The first charge carries a minimum 10-year sentence with the possibility of life behind bars; and the second and third carry prison sentences up to 30 years.

Arpin pleaded not guilty to the charges on Feb. 20.

The case is now set for trial at 8:30 a.m. June 24.

“The issues involved in this case and the potential sentencing issues are complex,” Arpin’s attorney, Christopher M. Gibbons, wrote in a motion to Judge Robert J. Jonker last month explaining why the trial needed to be delayed. “In this case, the defendant requires additional time to prepare his defense for trial.”

Gibbons was also out of state for 10 days and is scheduled for a felony trial next week in Kent County that needed time for preparation that ran concurrently with Arpin’s case, according to court documents.

Arpin was found with the 13-year-old on Oct. 22 at a convenience store in Missouri. The teen was last seen the night before and her mother found a letter indicating that her daughter wished to be with Arpin. The teen and Arpin met over the Internet.

The charge of kidnapping child enticement that was earlier filed in Allegan County Circuit Court has been dismissed, according to court officials.